Abyssea Discussion

[Afrohatch]

This doesn't really contribute, but an Abyssea-Konschtat run I was part of yesterday is on their 26th hour. Was just wondering what the record is

Did they start puking??

INC 2HOUR LIMIT TO EXP PARTIES

[Marokko]

I don't think anyone has been there for the full duration, but I know at least 8 people that started there are back in there now. I'm waiting to get my spot back >8D

[Shadida]

Did they start puking??

INC 2HOUR LIMIT TO EXP PARTIES

I lol'd

[Nauq]

I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked:

Since Atma are temp. key items, do you lose it when you use it?

[Altron]

you do not lose it

[Spira]

They musta been shuffling a lot.. I mean.. you can easily cap merits in 2-3 hours there.. They musta left and spent merits and came back or something

[miokomioko]

Since there appears to be no obvious means to lose Veridian/Azure/Scarlet/Ivory Abyssites, I really wonder what the reason was for putting them under "Temporary."

[Psion]

Clearly, the final eymperian weapon trial requires every single abyssite and atma to finish. <_<

[Zadimortis]

There is an obvious means of losing them: the Cruor Prospectors give you the option to dispose of your Abyssite. I don't know why they would give you that option... maybe you can only hold so many? D= Would explain the different colors, though. (Other than the colors representing which area the Abyssites came from.)

[Salmijr]

That's for the clear abystte used to pop VNM.

[Byrthnoth]

There is an obvious means of losing them. The Cruor Prospectors give you the option to dispose of your Abyssite. I don't know why they would give you this option... maybe you can only hold so many?

That option has been mentioned multiple times. If you actually select it, he'll just give you the option to drop your clear Abyssite. It's so people won't get agro resting in Abyssea.

Edit: Also, I knew one guy who xped for 21 hours, slept for maybe 8 hours, and xped for another 10 hours.

[Marokko]

People are being cycled in, but the alliance has not left yet, and they started at 12pm yesterday, well not yesterday anymore, more like day before yesterday technically.

[Zadimortis]

Ah. I didn't see the other references. My apologies then.

But on the same note, perhaps some limit will be imposed on the number of abyssites we'll be able to obtain in the future? It would be completely in the scope of SE to do something like that, with them and their fetish of limits and "fair trade-offs."

[Spira]

I think its just the way they're coded.. think of them like ToAU mercenary rank badges.. they're all temp items except for the Captain one, but afaik you can never lose your rank to begin with.

Also, it wouldnt make sense to lose abyssite because some of them are quested, and a few of those quests are not repeatable.. It'd also be quite a bitch to fulfill the 8/8 Abyssite criteria in each zone if you happen to keep losing them.

[tsaroth816]

Since there appears to be no obvious means to lose Veridian/Azure/Scarlet/Ivory Abyssites, I really wonder what the reason was for putting them under "Temporary."

My theory:

With the release of the 2 new Abyssea expansions coming in Sept & Dec, I think they'll contain upgraded versions of the same Abyssites. Replacing older versions (thus losing them from temp /keyitem list) with new ones until the final one is perm keyitem.

[FailureMidgard]

I think its just the way they're coded.. think of them like ToAU mercenary rank badges.. they're all temp items except for the Captain one, but afaik you can never lose your rank to begin with.

Also, it wouldnt make sense to lose abyssite because some of them are quested, and a few of those quests are not repeatable.. It'd also be quite a bitch to fulfill the 8/8 Abyssite criteria in each zone if you happen to keep losing them.

My theory:

With the release of the 2 new Abyssea expansions coming in Sept & Dec, I think they'll contain upgraded versions of the same Abyssites. Replacing older versions (thus losing them from temp /keyitem list) with new ones until the final one is perm keyitem.

Ya, basically, the only way to lose it is to upgrade it, which I and others said before. I think they're going to leave some way to upgrade it, but may not even be required in the future, but something like - get all 3 "merit" abyssites, and they combine. This would make the lower rank ones "temporary" since you -can- lose them.

[Spira]

makes sense.. you lose them in the sense that they're upgraded to something better.
but you don't lose them from them suddenly breaking or wearing off after a period of time.

Just did a weekly update of my charts.
A few weeks more and I think we'd have solved everything.

[Auburn]

A few more weeks and it'll be time to make the new charts.

[Spira]

September is still quite a while away
kinda also expect information flow to be a tad slower since end Sept is also FFXIV's release.

it'll be a lot faster to make since I already have like a format to work with.

somehow I think the tiered release of NMs is intentional so that the entire Abyssea system doesnt get figured out and 'expended' within a few weeks.

Abyssea is looking pretty good honestly. I look forward to the next 2. When the next AF sets start dropping, things will really heat up, imo..

[Zag]

Wonder if we have to kill NMs in abyssea for the Artifact 3 sets in the future add-ons or if we will just get to buy them with our 1 billion crour from the first add-on. Or a combination of both..... Body and head from NMs and hands feet and legs from crour NPC?

Either way cannot wait and hope to see some Treasure Hunter+1 on one of the THF af3 peices like the head or legs.